NATO DAYS in Ostrava
I was there and it was...gorgeous!
C-5 Galaxy from New York
AWACS
Jas-39 Gripen
Eurofighter Typhoon
F-16
F-15
Mirage
C-130 Hercules
Mi-24
L-159 Alca
L-39 Albatros
and good beer, nice girls...just paradise!

I love the C-5, sometimes they'll fly over my school on the outbound flight from Nellis whenever they're is a major exercise out of Nellis AFB. They are so big even in the sky, its amazing to think something that big can fly.

Great pics Roman. looks like you had a marvellous day, and I bet Tommy won't forget it, especially after sitting in the aircraft! The weather looked beautiful as well - wish I was still there!

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Yep Terry, the weather was really beautiful, 26 degree and sunny. It wasn´t so far from Slavicin, some 60 miles to the north. Btw, Ostrava was a target of Joe´s mission in 1944 but his a/c never made it there...
Tommy really enjoyed his stay in a cockpit of L-39. I wish he could spend a moment in Gripen but there were 5 Gripens flying and just one (double seater) on display, but there was no access...next time...

Great photos Roman. Thanks for sharing. Looks like you had excellent time and especially the kids.
I had similar experience as your Tommy there when I was about his age. I sat in the cockpit of MiG-21 which was on static display during an airshow. That kinda sparked my interest in aircraft.

Thank you guys, yes, we really enjoyed it. I only wish I had a better camera. All the pics are too bright. It´s Panasonic DMC-10 (if am I not wrong) and I´m dissapointed with it. Next time Nicon or Olympus.
And yes, 2 happy kids...

Yeah righty !...what about the big kid in the green T shirt and baseball cap ?

That C5 is a big beastie allright. At Oshkosh way back in 2004, we had a rain shower (OK, it dumped on us for about an hour !) and as I was wandering around the Aeroshell square at the time, I took a picture of a huge crowd of people all sheltering under the wing of a C5...quite an expensive umbrella, but very effective !.

Thanks for sharing your pics from this event, and dont 'knock' your camera, you've taken a good selection of pics there.